Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
1986-07-08
1987-12-01
Love, John J.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
280696, 180140, B62D 506, B60G 704
Patent
active
047099356
ABSTRACT:
A rear wheel steering system of the trailing arm type suspension for rear wheels having a trailing arm for supporting at the rear portion thereof a rear wheel and extending essentially in the longitudinal direction of a vehicle body by pivotally securing the front end thereof to the body side. Lateral arms are rotatably coupled at the outer ends thereof to the rear portion of the trailing arm and extending essentially in the lateral direction of the vehicle by pivotally securing the inner ends thereof to the vehicle body. The trailing arm allows the front portion thereof to displace essentially in the lateral direction of the vehicle. The rear wheel suspension arrangement allows the trailing arm to displace substantially in the lateral direction of the front end thereof and which comprises an actuator for steering a rear wheel by operating the trailing arm to displace the front portion of the trailing arm essentially in the lateral direction of the vehicle.
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patent: 3893701 (1975-07-01), Kroniger
patent: 4181322 (1980-01-01), Kroniger
patent: 4515391 (1985-05-01), Koide
patent: 4534435 (1985-08-01), Shibahata et al.
patent: 4545602 (1985-10-01), Shibahata
Eto Shin'ichi
Fukuyama Kazuo
Goto Masaki
Hirao Eiji
Kobayashi Kazuyoshi
Ferriter Karin L.
Love John J.
Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
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